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Consolidated Requirements

4.4.1 General Requirements

4.4.1.1 To comply with the Property Act (see definition),

41CFR102-36.35(b)

surplus chemicals (i.e., excess chemicals that have not

been transferred to Federal agencies) shall be

distributed to eligible recipients by an agency

established by each State for this purpose, the State

Agency for Surplus Property (SASP).

4.4.1.2 A need for surplus chemicals expressed by any Federal

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agency shall take precedence to any disposition action

by sale, provided that need is relayed in time for the

DOE organization to respond.

4.4.1.3 Although policies and methods prescribed in

41CFR101-45;

41CFR101-45 for the disposition of surplus chemicals

41CFR101-45.105-1

by public sale or abandonment/destruction do not apply

to materials acquired for the national stockpile or the

supplemental stockpile or to materials acquired under

section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as

amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2093), these provisions

should be followed to the extent feasible in the

disposition of such materials.

4.4.1.4 All surplus chemicals are available for donation to

41CFR102-37.40

eligible recipients, except for the following property

categories:

Non-appropriated fund property

Property that requires reimbursement upon transfer

Controlled substances.

Items that may be specified from time to time by

the GSA Office of Government-wide Policy

4.4.2 Monitoring of Hazardous Chemicals for Radioactive/Chemical

41CFR109-43.307-2.50

Contamination - To prevent inadvertent release of hazardous

personal property from the DOE sites by transfer or sale to the

public, all hazardous or suspected hazardous property chemicals

shall be checked for radioactive or chemical contamination56 by

environmental, safety, and health officials.

4.4.2.1 Contamination-free chemicals will carry a certification

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tag authorizing release for transfer or sale.

Examples include radioactively-contaminated chemical containers or chemicals stored or used in

radioactively-contaminated areas.

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